41.   After the selection committee disbanded, a third black candidate was found for the job, but he, too, had tax problems and stepped aside.

42.   All those losses early in the season will be regarded with a sympathetic eye by the tournament selection committee.

43.   But Bush has made it clear that he is the one-man selection committee.

44.   But getting this far was just as improbable for the Bears, according to the men on the selection committee.

45.   But if you were the selection committee, which teams would you pick?

46.   But most Democrats argue that the dispute arose because Hastert ignored the wishes of a bipartisan selection committee.

47.   But in a stunning move by the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament selection committee Sunday evening, Manhattan College received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.

48.   But no coach in the country believes the selection committee is just waiting to reward him for taking that chance.

49.   But opposition in Congress and delays by the selection committee charged with paring down the list of finalists delayed the announcement.

50.   But the Minutewomen had done more than enough to impress the selection committee.